Welcome to Citiwire.net! My look at California’s fiscal imbroglio leads to a faint ray of hope — possibility of a constitutional convention and revoking the poisonous Proposition 13 requirement of two thirds votes to raise taxes. A practice “profoundly undemocratic”? — it’s true! … The other column for the week is by our Citistates Associate Beth Siegel, who’s done extensive work through her consulting group Mt. Auburn Associates on the issue of arts and culture for cities, regions and states. Beth suggests what the recession may (and may not) be doing to culture and the arts in our communities.
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